“They have missile lock!” Beep! Beep! Alarms blared through the cabin of the starship. We wove through the asteroid field as constellations smeared into streaks of light against the black of space. Behind us, three Ghost Squadron fighters closed in, blasting floating boulders apart as they pursued. Lilith chose that moment to chime in. No…
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She Hated My Book (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
She hated my book. Feel good now. On September 20, Ileana Muhlach left this 2-star Amazon review for my book Lucian Lightbringer & the Chalice of Life (please forgive the typos): “It reads like fan fiction writen [written] by a high-schooler. The author does have potential, but needs some work. The use of the dame…
The Day My Main Character Decided to Kill Me
My main character is coming to kill me. In my bestselling novel Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty, Lucian is an exiled angel who hunts gods for bounty. To do it, he uses an old Colt revolver and a black, rune-inscribed gladius with the demonic soul of his ex-girlfriend trapped inside. Yeah… Imagine traveling the cosmos…
From Attic to Amazon #1 — The Origin Story
It began in an attic apartment in Paris. Smoking little cigars out the window.Barely enough space to walk between the bed, the desk, and the tiny shower in the corner. Days spent at the keyboard.A noon walk to the park for a baguette and cheese.Then back to the keyboard again. This was where Lucian Lightbringer…
The Day I Became a Bestselling Author (and What Really Mattered)
Feel good now. Today it became official. My book Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty hit #1 on the Amazon Bestseller charts. And I’ve gotta say… It made me feel good now. It also went straight to my head. For about two seconds: Me: “I now expect everyone to refer to me as Jack Dolinar, BSA.”Belle’s…
Six Years With an Exiled Angel
Six years ago, I met an exiled angel who changed my life. It was 2019. I was living in a tiny attic apartment in northern Paris. A sloping roof with one small window. A mattress tucked under it. A shower pod in the corner. A hot plate on top of a mini-fridge. A desk pressed…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 5: Between the Lines
Her skin was dark, black as coal, and her eyes were an intoxicating violet. They shone when she laughed. She laughed often. It was a full sound, alive, and I couldn’t get enough of it. She laughed when she met me, so out of place. What was someone like you doing in a place like…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 4B: Patchwork Alliance
Erin bit her lip, considering. “We can always go back to Plan A,” I said, pain making me snappish. “Where I kill you, toss your body, and check the coordinates myself.” She sighed and shot me a withering look. “Kubos 3E3. A moon closer to the Center. There’s a place where we can lay low…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 4A: A Price on My Halo
To be fair, there were always at least a dozen contracts worth more than ten million credits. Probably more if you counted backroom deals and unofficial hunts that never made it to the boards of any legitimate bounty hunting team. Link Grave, the legendary pirate captain, had a bounty of fifty million credits on his…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 3B: A Demon’s Leap
I scrambled to my feet, scooping up the Kheerzu sniper rifle in my left hand and the Colt revolver in my right, and sprinted for the exit. Behind me, her laspistols went pheew, pheew, covering my retreat. The barking orders of the camo-clad hunters and the ponderous whir of the Threezens’ miniguns echoed over the…